Social Policy Trends: Reindexation of Social Assistance Incomes
During periods of inflation, wage earners hope their incomes will rise to keep up with prices. Families reliant on social assistance must hope governments will choose to adjust their incomes to account for inflation. They often don’t.
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University of Calgary
2022-12-01
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During periods of inflation, wage earners hope their incomes will rise to keep up with prices. Families reliant on social assistance must hope governments will choose to adjust their incomes to account for inflation. They often don’t.
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| spelling | doaj.art-afb3f77b660e4ceab546c302b790bacf2022-12-22T03:01:40ZengUniversity of CalgaryThe School of Public Policy Publications2560-83122560-83202022-12-01151Social Policy Trends: Reindexation of Social Assistance IncomesRonald Kneebone0University of Calgary During periods of inflation, wage earners hope their incomes will rise to keep up with prices. Families reliant on social assistance must hope governments will choose to adjust their incomes to account for inflation. They often don’t. https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/sppp/article/view/76466 |
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